Combahee River, South Carolina

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Combahee River in South Carolina is a historically significant river known for Revolutionary War skirmishes and Civil War-era military actions, including those involving figures like John Laurens and Harriet Tubman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (African Descent) ⓘ
United States Colored Troops ⓘ
battle Battle of Combahee River ⓘ
Raid at Combahee Ferry ⓘ
linked to: Combahee River Raid
combatant British Army ⓘ
Confederate States Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Beaufort County, South Carolina ⓘ
Colleton County, South Carolina ⓘ
Hampton County, South Carolina ⓘ
crossedBy CSX Transportation rail line near Yemassee ⓘ
U.S. Route 17 ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Black resistance due to Harriet Tubman–led raid ⓘ
dateOfEvent June 2–3, 1863 (Combahee River Raid) ⓘ
ecosystem freshwater wetlands ⓘ
salt marsh ⓘ
tidal estuary ⓘ
flowsInto St. Helena Sound ⓘ
formedBy confluence of the Salkehatchie River and Little Salkehatchie River ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage Cusabo languages ⓘ
historicalRegion Sea Islands region ⓘ
historicalUse slave-labor rice plantation system ⓘ
transportation route for rice and other agricultural products ⓘ
inspired Combahee River Collective (Black feminist organization) ⓘ
knownFor American Civil War military operations ⓘ
American Revolutionary War skirmishes ⓘ
tidal rice plantations ⓘ
locatedIn Lowcountry ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
mouthOf St. Helena Sound ⓘ
namedAfter Kusso (Combahee) Native American people ⓘ
nearbySettlement Walterboro, South Carolina ⓘ
Yemassee, South Carolina ⓘ
notableCommander Colonel James Montgomery ⓘ
Harriet Tubman ⓘ
John Laurens ⓘ
partOf ACE Basin ⓘ
protectedArea ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge vicinity ⓘ
resultOfEvent destruction of Confederate rice plantations (Combahee River Raid) ⓘ
liberation of more than 700 enslaved people (Combahee River Raid) ⓘ
significantEvent Combahee River Raid ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
waterfowl hunting ⓘ

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John Laurens → deathPlace → Combahee River, South Carolina ⓘ
Combahee River Collective → namedAfter → Combahee River ⓘ
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ACE Basin (part) → partOfHydrologicalSystem → Combahee River watershed ⓘ
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Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge → locatedOn → Combahee River ⓘ
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Salkehatchie River → mouth → Combahee River ⓘ
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Salkehatchie River → flowsInto → Combahee River ⓘ
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Salkehatchie River → tributaryOf → Combahee River ⓘ
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ACE Basin → hasPart → Combahee River ⓘ
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ACE Basin → nameDerivedFrom → Combahee River ⓘ
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John Laurens → placeOfDeath → Combahee River, South Carolina ⓘ
subject linked to: Laurens family
St. Helena Sound → receivesInflowFrom → Combahee River ⓘ
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Combahee River Raid → location → Combahee River ⓘ
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Combahee River Raid → river → Combahee River ⓘ
linked to: Combahee River, South Carolina